This star is going to the moon

Chapter 323 A New Era of Manned Spaceflight Has Arrived!

July 30th, a day that will surely be remembered in history.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the release of "Inception". To commemorate this occasion, the studio announced today that "Inception" will be re-released worldwide starting August 12.

The American president, a businessman with blond hair, proposed today to postpone the election on November 3rd because he felt that mail-in voting might be unfair.

Lu Yun almost laughed when he saw the news while browsing Weibo during a break from his busy schedule.

In his previous life, he hadn't paid attention to what the golden-haired merchant said today.

It must be said that the Golden Retriever's think tank is quite capable.

Unfortunately, the golden retriever's questioning was useless, and in the end he still failed because of the mail-in ballot.

Because mailed ballots can be manipulated by ghost soldiers.

In his previous life, Lu Yun forgot why he hadn't paid attention to this news, but in this life, he knew why others weren't paying attention to the golden-haired businessman's information, because today almost everyone was focused on the manned maiden flight of the "Wooden Kite".

Even those Westerners who were trapped in their information cocoons were forced to pay attention after the successful unmanned test flights of the Wooden Kite broke through their cocoons.

Even if they belittle us, saying things like "the Chinese stole our technology," we still have to pay attention.

They also wanted to know exactly how much technology the Chinese had stolen from them to create such an amazing manned spacecraft.

How powerful would my country be if those technologies hadn't been stolen?

As for why their own country couldn't replicate the technology after it was stolen, that's because the evil Chinese spies didn't use "copying" when they stole the technology, but rather "cutting" it!
So despicable!

The maiden manned flight of the "Wooden Kite" was broadcast live by an official source, and it was very official.

Because Bluestar Aerospace collaborated with CCTV, they directly produced a live broadcast on the scale of a national manned space mission.

They not only invited a CCTV host, but also Director Yang from the Manned Spaceflight Office, as well as the deputy chief designer of the "Wooden Kite" spacecraft.

As for Lu Yun, he was in the command center of the space airport.

"One hour until takeoff!"

As soon as the time was announced, the live stream chat instantly became lively.

[One hour left!]

[I'm so excited! We're about to take off! It feels like I'm actually sitting in the wooden kite!]

[It felt so good to have the Wooden Kite docked directly on the boarding bridge; it instantly brought out that new space age vibe!]

Yes, regular jet bridges connect to the side of the aircraft, but the jet bridges at the space airport connect to the top of the aircraft. That's amazing.

[Haha, the Muyuan is no ordinary airplane after all; its hatch is overhead, so the staff and astronauts will have to walk down the stairs to get into the cabin later.]

[The camera cuts to the waiting hall, and we see the astronauts, and lots of reporters!]

When the countdown reached one hour, Chen Quan was ready. As soon as he stepped out of the waiting area, he was met by dozens of reporters and photographers, all of whom snapped pictures of him.

"Kakakaka——"

At this crucial moment, he naturally couldn't just casually enter the cabin of the Wooden Kite. Instead, he stood still and delivered a speech.

How should I put it? It's like an acceptance speech at an awards ceremony in the film industry—a long string of thanks.

However, Chen Quan's gratitude was much more sincere.

After all, without the country's training, he could never have become an astronaut.

Without Lu Yun's choice, he would never have been able to fly into space.

In addition, I would like to thank workers in other industries. Without their efforts, the country would not be prosperous and strong, and the development of aerospace technology would not have been so rapid.

It is through everyone's gradual accumulation of small steps that he has achieved this great leap forward today.

After delivering his remarks, he walked through the press area and into the boarding area.

The boarding area of ​​the space airport is different from the waiting area of ​​a regular civil aviation airport. It is enclosed and contains a lot of testing equipment.

Because it is also an isolation zone.

Space passengers don't need to be checked here when they depart, but they need to be quarantined here when they return. They will only be allowed to leave after the check is completed and no problems are found.

The reason why official space missions come into contact with so many people as soon as they return is because the places they return to are either deserts or oceans, which are inherently uninhabited places.

Previously, astronauts who returned from space shuttle missions would directly enter a closed inspection vehicle after exiting the vehicle.

Furthermore, the entire space team is based at the space base, which is relatively isolated from society. Space airports and commercial spaceflight are different from official space missions, so they need to be located in separate isolation areas.

Although reporters are not allowed to enter the quarantine area, these areas are monitored, so viewers in the live broadcast room can see them.

Chen Quan, wearing the "Blue Star" intravehicular activity suit, walked into the boarding bridge with several staff members.

The boarding bridge has many windows offering views outside, which immediately excited the spectators watching from the observation deck outside the airport with binoculars.

Chen Quan, in particular, remembered Lu Yun's instructions, so he waved towards the viewing area.

"Coming, coming, coming!"

"We see astronauts!"

"They're walking onto the boarding bridge!"

"He even waved at us! He could see us!"

"We wave too! We wave too!"

“ohhhhh!”

"Hey, astronaut, you have to succeed!"

Down with American imperialism!

"Hahaha--"

Chen Quan naturally couldn't hear any of this, nor could he see any individual people; he could only see a group of people jumping and bouncing around in a chaotic manner.

This made him smile knowingly, and his initially tense mood relaxed considerably.

The boarding bridge at the space airport was attached to the "top" of the Muyuan spacecraft. Staff attached a handle to the ladder at the hatch of the Muyuan spacecraft and first let Chen Quan go down the ladder to the airlock, and then two other staff members followed him in.

Chen Quan entered the cabin through the airlock's large door. The cabin was arranged with two rows of six seats separated by a central aisle. Each seat had a side window, while the two front seats also had two front windows.

He walked to the front and sat in the left seat of the first row, where there was a simple control panel and display panel in front of him.

This is the driver's seat, and even though it's quite far from the seats on the right and behind, it still has a physical anti-touch grille.

Besides preventing accidental touches by passengers, the driver also doesn't need to touch it normally, as the entire process is automatic.

After Chen Quan sat down, the staff checked his seatbelt, then closed the cabin door and left.

After the external handle attached to the ladder was removed, the outer hatch of the Wooden Kite was closed, followed by the protective door.

After confirming that the protective gates were closed correctly, the boarding bridge was evacuated.

"Ten minutes until takeoff!"

"Ten minutes until takeoff!"

"Ten minutes until takeoff!"

"30 seconds!"

"10 seconds!"

Everyone looked at Lu Yun.

Lu Yun nodded.

"Ready for takeoff!"

"3, 2, 1, ignition!"

Just like the previous unmanned test flights, "Wooden Kite" began to taxi on the runway of the space airport, spewing out blazing flames.

And then... take off!
Chen Quan, who was not very nervous at first, suddenly became nervous again after feeling the push on his back.

Then he felt...

It's nothing compared to the 8G acceleration and G-force training at the astronaut training center, or even the 4G acceleration and G-force training at the space airport.

The takeoff acceleration and turbulence of this "Wooden Kite" are comparable to those of a military transport aircraft.

With the noise reduction function of the spacesuit inside the cabin, he found that the takeoff experience of the Muyuan was actually better than that of a commercial airliner!

A new era of manned spaceflight has truly arrived!
(End of this chapter)